A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at the West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Metro station on Thursday, police said.
According to a senior police officer, the deceased has been identified as Pramod Kumar, who used to work in a private healthcare company. Police further said that a suicide note was recovered from the spot which said that the deceased was a in a relationship with a woman and loved her desperately but the woman did not love him.
At around 9.35 am, Pramod was seen hovering around on the platform from where trains go towards Noida City Centre and Vaishali.
“There were some people at the platform when the deceased planned to take the extreme step. After a while a train was seen coming towards the platform in full speed and when it reached the platform, the deceased jumped on the tracks right in front of it with the Metro eventually running over him,” said the police official.
The incident created panic at the Metro station with Metro officials and passengers crowding at the spot. After the train left the station, Metro officials informed the police who came to the spot and rushed the victim to nearby Kukreja Hospital.
Pramod was bleeding profusely, he was taken to Kukreja Hospital from where he was transferred to Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital but doctors declared him dead on arrival,” said the official.
“A suicide note was recovered where it was written that the deceased was in an affair with a woman but the relationship was one sided. We have sent the body for post mortem. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC has been inititated,” said Jitendra Mani, DCP, Metro.